sort by date meta code example
Example: wp query sort by meta date
$args = array(
'numberposts' => 2,
'meta_query' => array(
array(
'key' => 'event_date', // I've set this variable according to your examples
'value' => date("Y-m-d"),
'type' => 'DATE',
'compare' => '>=' // Or > if strictly bigger dates are required
)
)
);
// get results
$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );